{"id":38681,"date":"2022-03-14T14:55:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T14:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=38681"},"modified":"2022-03-14T14:55:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T14:55:55","slug":"cyberflashing-now-punishable-by-two-years-jail-time-under-new-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/03\/14\/cyberflashing-now-punishable-by-two-years-jail-time-under-new-law\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Cyberflashing’ now punishable by two years jail time under new law"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Miriam Kuepper<\/strong><\/p>\n

People sending unsolicited pictures of their private parts will now face up to two years in prison under a new law in the upcoming online safety bill.<\/p>\n

Cyberflashing, the act of sending sexually explicit pictures to others, will be a criminal offence under the new online safety bill introduced this week.<\/p>\n

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Sending unsolicited photos of your genitals is now a crime.<\/p><\/div>\n

Madeleine, 23, has been a victim of cyberflashing and is happy about the new regulation coming into place.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cIt’s needed, because it\u2019s really upsetting and can really affect people mentally and physically.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it’s really good that they are putting in a law that protects individuals, because these kinds of pictures shouldn\u2019t be happening and unfortunately they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Madeleine had her first experience with cyberflashing after giving a guy she met on Tinder her Snapchat details.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cMaybe I was na\u00efve, but I didn\u2019t think anything of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first snapshot she received, was a picture of his genitals. Madeleine recalls: \u201cI really panicked as I opened it in a lecture \u2013 it was just the worst thing. I was just so embarrassed.\u201d<\/p>\n

After that, she blocked him and deleted Tinder. Whenever someone asked her for her Snapchat since, she refused. She said: \u201cI don\u2019t want it to happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cMaybe I was na\u00efve, but I didn\u2019t think anything of it.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

As a study <\/a> from 2020 showed, three-quarters of girls aged 12-18 have been sent unsolicited explicit images by boys or men, an experience 21-year-old Laura* shared.<\/p>\n

When she was 15, she received an explicit picture of her friend\u2019s boyfriend while in college.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI was in shock and messaged him asking why he had sent that. He replied that he had accidentally sent it to me instead of his girlfriend.<\/p>\n

\u201cLater it surfaced that he found me attractive and mentioned that to my friend, so I don\u2019t think the photo was actually meant for my friend at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

As an active participant in the Londoner dating scene, Elena, 27, had many unfortunate incidents involving unsolicited sexually explicit content sent to her.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI hate them. They are unnecessary and I don\u2019t ask for them. Ask me if I want to see a pic otherwise no thanks I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, she does not see the need for regulation on cyberflashing. She argued: \u201cIt\u2019s just a picture and that can\u2019t do any harm really.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess I would feel worse if someone sent me a puppy being hanged on a tree or something like that \u2013 then I prefer an ugly dick pic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other offences included in the online safety bill are: sending or posting a message that conveys a threat of serious harm; sending a communication with the intent of causing psychological harm or serious emotional distress; and deliberately sending a false message with the intention of causing harm.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the bill requires that platforms protect users from scam adverts and that commercial pornography sites carry out age checks on people trying to access their content.<\/p>\n

Ofcom will be able to fine companies breaching this part of the new bill with up to 10 percent of a platforms global turnover.<\/p>\n

*Name changed for privacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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